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excalidrawvsLibreDB Studio

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

excalidrawLibreDB Studio
Score91/10058/100
Rank in category#1 of 9 in Whiteboarding#27 of 40 in Database Management
GitHub stars134 7501 298
Stars, last 30 days+2 008—
Stable releases, 12 months19
Latest releasev0.18.1 · 21 Apr 2026libredb-studio-0.1.109 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITMIT
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

excalidraw scores 91/100 against 58/100 for LibreDB Studio, so it is the safer default.

LibreDB Studio ships more often: 9 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for excalidraw.

If you want the quickest setup, LibreDB Studio is easier to run; excalidraw needs more configuration.

excalidraw is growing faster right now (+2 008 stars in 30 days).

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